Management of Blunt Sternal Fractures in a Community-Based Hospital

Table 1

The frequency distribution of patients across different variables.

Variables	n	(%)
Gender
Male	56	88.9
Female	7	11.1
Mechanism of injury
Motor vehicle collision	55	87.3
Fall	6	9.5
Others	2	3.2
Seat belt in MVC
Yes	38	77.6
No	11	22.4
Chest X-ray
Normal	4	6.3
Sternal fracture	1	1.6
Other abnormalities	10	15.9
Not performed	48	76.2
Type of fracture
Transverse	17	27.0
Oblique	45	71.4
Comminuted	1	1.6
Site of sternal fracture
Manubrium	14	22.2
Manubrium and upper body	2	3.2
Upper body	28	44.4
Middle body	9	14.3
Lower body	10	15.9
Xiphisternum	0	0
Fracture displacement
Yes	28	44.4
No	35	55.6
ICU admission
Yes	7	11.1
No	56	88.9